Penza, 26 February 2015. PenzaNews. Tutors of preschool institutions of Penza city created their first programmable bug bot during a Children’s Robotics 101 course.

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They were introduced into robotics construction kit “HUNA-MRT” in the robotics resource department of the youth innovation center “From Idea To Model,” and built a bug bot that is able to navigate arbitrarily placed obstacles.

The educational program “Smart toys” involved tutors of four preschool institutions of Penza city, the press service of Innovation Policy and Special Projects Department of the regional government informed PenzaNews agency.

“The program was developed by the workers of the youth innovation center ‘From Idea To Model’ together with members of the city education department, and aims to help kindergarten tutors and managers gain the required skills and knowledge, as well as develop creative and innovative potential of preschool children,” said the officials.

The program is being implemented in preschool institutions as a pilot project with the aim to organize robotics classes, explained the department.

“The youth innovation center staff holds courses for the tutors using South Korean robotics kits ‘HUNA-MRT.’ They can be used to create various sophisticated mechanisms, from easy to fairly elaborated. One of their advantages includes working without requiring a PC as a link between a child and his constructed bot,” noted the Innovation Policy and Special Projects Department of the Penza regional government.